Skip to main page content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Dot gov

The .gov means it’s official.
Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure you’re on a federal government site.

Https

The site is secure.
The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the official website and that any information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely.

Access keys NCBI Homepage MyNCBI Homepage Main Content Main Navigation
. 2014 Jul 1;19(4):e335-9.
doi: 10.4317/medoral.19424.

Diagnostic criteria in proliferative verrucous leukoplakia: evaluation

Begoña García-Chías  1 , Laura Casado-De La Cruz, Germán-Carlos Esparza-Gómez, Rocío Cerero-Lapiedra
Affiliations

Diagnostic criteria in proliferative verrucous leukoplakia: evaluation

Begoña García-Chías et al. Med Oral Patol Oral Cir Bucal. .

Abstract

Objectives: to evaluate the ability of the diagnostic criteria proposed by Cerero et al in 2010 to perform an early diagnose in patients with proliferative verrucous leukoplakia.

Study design: retrospective study with patients diagnosed with leukoplakia at Oral Medicine Service at Oral Medicine and Surgery Department at Dentistry Faculty at Universidad Complutense of Madrid.

Results: the criteria were applied in 116 patients, turning positive in 40 cases. Out of these, 24 (60%) had been previously diagnosed with PVL. Most frequent criteria were major criteria A and E, concerning lesion's site and histopathology, and minor criteria b and c, concerning sex and smoking habit.

Conclusions: diagnostic criteria developed by Cerero et al can be a useful tool for an early diagnose of PVL, as in 60% of the cases, the criteria would have allowed to make an early diagnose of the disease.

PubMed Disclaimer

Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of interest statement: There is not conflict of interests.

Similar articles

See all similar articles

Cited by

See all "Cited by" articles

References

    1. Scully C, Bagan JV, Epstein JB. Oral cancer: current and future diagnostic techniques. Am J Dent. 2008;21:199–209. - PubMed
    1. Warnakulasuriya S. Global epidemiology of oral and oropharyngeal cancer. Oral Oncol. 2009;45:309–316. - PubMed
    1. Van der Waal I. Potentially malignant disorders of the oral and oropharyngeal mucosa; terminology, classification and present concepts of management. Oral Oncol. 2009;45:317–323. - PubMed
    1. Hansen LS, Olson JA, Silverman SJr. Proliferative verrucous leukoplakia. A long-term study of thirty patients. Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol. 1985;60:285–298. - PubMed
    1. Silverman S Jr, Grosky M. Proliferative verrucous leukoplakia: a follow up study of 54 cases. Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod. 1997;84:154–157. - PubMed

Publication types

LinkOut - more resources